Chapter 3 Who is the unlucky guy who gave the picture last time?
The First Emperor!
Zhao Si didn't expect the First Emperor to come here in person.
"The king ordered, Zhao Si Jin will see you!"
The deep voice sounded again, Zhao Si did not hesitate too much, returned to the cabin and finished packing up the things to be sacrificed, and then calmly disembarked.
After getting off the boat, the middle-aged man who had just announced the order led Zhao Si towards the largest driver in the center.
The First Emperor and Shangqing Meng Yi walked out of the car together, accompanied by Li Si, the prime minister of Zuo.
Zhao Si did not dare to exceed the rules, bowed and saluted, and greeted the first emperor.
Only from the corner of his eye, he could see that the First Emperor was tall and far superior to others.
"Why didn't Xu Fu return?" The First Emperor didn't let Zhao Si raise his head, and went straight to the point.
The voice is slightly softer, and it sounds like there is some lack of qi.
"I can't find immortals, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will blame you, and I don't dare to return to Qin. Passing through Fuso, I saw the mountains and rivers and Guangze, and the crew was stranded here. Zhao Si replied truthfully.
In fact, before Zhao Si docked at the port, he had already sent a ship to report the specific situation to the local government of Langya, so there was no need to explain too much.
"Why don't you stay in Fuso?" The First Emperor spoke again, his voice calm and inaudible.
"With the king's order, I dare not forget it! Although there were many people who were coerced and bewitched by Xu Fu, there was no shortage of people who sacrificed their lives and were loyal to the monarch, and five years ago, they gathered 900 righteous men and captured 30 ships, but they fled from Fusang and continued to search for Penglai Xianshan for His Majesty. ”
The First Emperor nodded and smiled.
"A loyal man?"
It's not like a compliment, but it's not like sarcasm, and I can't say anything special, as if it's just a simple repetition of Zhao Si's words.
"The elixir has been found?" The First Emperor looked at the burden that Zhao Si was carrying on his body.
It is impossible to go into detail in the report of Gui Qin, but it is said that Xu Fu disobeyed the king's orders, and Zhao Si took the boat and ran away to continue to look for immortal medicine for the first emperor, and the first emperor did not know that Zhao Si was traveling around the world under the guise of looking for immortals, so he had a little expectation in his heart.
It is now the thirty-sixth year of the reign of King Qin, and the body of the first emperor is already slightly weak, and his age is not old, but he has already felt the twilight of the river.
"I haven't ......," Zhao Si shook his head.
"Have you ever met an immortal?"
"Never." Zhao Si shook his head again.
"Have you ever found Penglai Immortal Mountain?"
"Never!" Zhao Si still shook his head.
In the decades of pursuing immortality, this is not the first time that the First Emperor has been disappointed, but there is still a trace of regret on his face.
The change in expression is fleeting, as if it never existed.
"Returning in vain is a capital crime!"
The First Emperor spoke, his voice still unwavering, and he couldn't hear disappointment or anger.
In fact, Xu Fu did not deceive people, the first emperor spent a lot of manpower and material resources to form the first fleet that could sail across the sea in this era, and gathered 3,000 boys and girls, craftsmen from all walks of life and even farmers, to prepare three years of clothing, food and grass needs, and even sent troops to shoot Jiaoyu on the beach before going to sea, if Xu Fu returned empty-handed, waiting for him was doomed to death.
Or maybe this trip to sea was a scam.
Perhaps settling in Fusang and settling here is in Xu Fu's plan.
Xu Fu went to sea more than once to find Penglai Immortal Mountain for the First Emperor, but each time he found nothing.
It's only this time, Xu Fu's request is outrageous.
3,000 boys and girls, all kinds of craftsmen and talents from all walks of life, grain, grass, clothing, and even farm tools......
In this era, this kind of configuration is not like an immortal fleet at all, but a fleet of immigrants.
Zhao Si's mind flashed one guess after another, and finally answered.
"The people return for His Majesty's offerings!" Zhao Si opened the package that straddled his body.
A mess of things was spread out on the ground by Zhao Si from the inside of the package.
The First Emperor looked down and saw that there were many miscellaneous things.
There were lumps covered with dirt, and big yellow sticks, things that looked like the little fingers of a man, and a rolled-up rag.
The First Emperor was sure that he had never seen these strange things in Great Qin.
I think it should be a rare thing found overseas, and that rolled up rag, what is it that makes this young man pay so much attention? The First Emperor was a little curious.
Going to sea to find immortals is a life of nine deaths.
Xu Fu has searched for immortals many times without success, if it weren't for that vague hope, I'm afraid Xu Fu would have been in a different place long ago.
This time to go to sea, Xu Fu's stay overseas is actually a wise choice, if he returns empty-handed, the first emperor will kill him.
This time, unlike in the past, it was a serious mistake to invest so much manpower and material resources and return empty-handed.
But this is only for Xu Fu.
The First Emperor had no intention of anger.
Xu Fu is Xu Fu, and the crew is the crew, and such a crime cannot fall on them.
What's more, the First Emperor was not a person who killed indiscriminately.
It's just that Xu Fu didn't dare to return to Qin, and the young man in front of him claimed that he would search for immortals for another five years after seizing the ship and going to sea.
What is it that can make the young man in front of him confident and save the lives of the people on board.
Although, what is spread on the ground is mediocre and even looks a little dirty.
However, how good can ginseng shouwu look when it first comes out of the soil?
It can't be said that it is a treasure for longevity, and the first emperor can't help but have three more points of expectation in his heart.
The First Emperor first pointed to the world map drawn by Zhao Si and asked, "What is this?" ”
Zhao Si immediately picked up the world map and got up and spoke: "This is the world map drawn by Naichen for five years, this world and the world, all in it, dedicated to Your Majesty, please take a look!" ”
Zhao Si raised some expectations in his heart for no reason, compared to sending sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, which have a predetermined result, it is easier to make Zhao Si interested in presenting a world map.
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, these three crops, as long as those in power are not fools know that they are promoted locally, it is certainly impossible to be a staple food, but there is no problem with filling the bottom of the stomach, and there is no reason not to popularize this kind of crops that improve the lower limit of life.
And the world map is different...... There are so many possibilities, and I have thought about many questions in my previous life, but now I can see the answers directly.
Map?
Hearing the dedication, the First Emperor's eyes narrowed reflexively.
Who was the last one who gave himself a picture?
Jing Ke? There is also an unlucky guy named Qin Wuyang!
That crisis is vivid, if it weren't for the pharmacist Xia Wuhe throwing medicine to save him, I'm afraid he would be seriously injured!
It is precisely because of this that offering pictures always reminds the First Emperor of something not so good.
The First Emperor fell into silence, and Meng Yi, who was serving the First Emperor, was quick to take the world map and bow down to the First Emperor.
"Your Majesty, please look!"
Meng Yi spread out the map with both hands for the first time, not to look at the content of the map first, but to check whether there were any murder weapons such as daggers in it, and what stood out was a profession.
Zhao Si also remembered something.
"Conditioned reflex belongs to yes ......," Zhao Si thought secretly.